Samuel Gifford 1828 British Math School Notebook (1) with Fraktur Writing copper store list mounts 1 1/2" across at ferrule

1 1/2" across at ferrule

in 1948 with original name of Cooperative Design

where it looks like a man or woman is minding his dog or big chicken

it is composed of matchsticks: burned at their tips

I really really love this

Samuel Gifford 1828 British Math School Notebook (1) with Fraktur Writing copper store list mounts 1 1/2" across at ferruleI have long been eyeing antique school notebooks, both relating to the study of math and writing calligraphy, and finally found a lovely set of five of them from a seller in England, which I am listing individually. This is one of two hard backed math notebooks with marbleized paper covers and printed endpapers with "A Collection of Arithmetical Tables for the Use of Schools" of a Samuel Gifford studying at Mr. Heale's Academy in Sherborne, dating to